Record at a Glance
- Category
- Jan 6th
- Age in NPR record
- 50
- Location
- Huntington Beach, California
- Charges
- Civil Disorder; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
- Case status
- Pleaded not guilty; Dismissed in part or full
Case Summary
Kim Michael Sorgente is allegedly seen in video footage, police body camera footage and photographs among the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. According to court documents, he was wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat and a shirt that read "Deus Vult," a Latin phrase used as a rallying cry during the Crusades that roughly translates to "God's Will" and that has now gained popularity among far-right extremists. Sorgente was also identified, prosecutors say, through his cellphone number. That number had been obtained when he was arrested for an incident in December 2020, and on Jan. 6, 2021, location records allegedly show it near and/or inside the Capitol building. In police body camera footage from that day, Sorgente can allegedly be seen yelling into a megaphone: “How dare you? How dare you, traitors? How dare you traitors?” from behind a line of rioters who were pushing a police barricade into officers. Sorgente continued to yell into the microphone as other rioters assaulted police, court documents indicate, including: “Why don’t you let us in? Let us in. It’s our house. It’s our house. You let us in, we’ll behave. If you keep fighting us and pepper-spraying us, we’re gonna get upset.” Sorgente is allegedly later seen on surveillance footage entering a tunnel that led into the Capitol, where a violent standoff between rioters and police occurred. At one point in the late afternoon, court documents indicate, Sorgente was pushing directly against law enforcement as they tried to expel rioters from the archway to the tunnel.
Case History
Sorgente pleaded Not Guilty to all charges. Court dismisses Obstruction charge on 8/12/2024. On 1/22/2025, the court grants the government’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice
Sources
- Primary Documentation
NPR Jan. 6 Defendant DatabaseNPR - Primary Documentation
Underlying court recordCourt record linked by NPR
Case summary, charges, procedural updates and image are drawn from the NPR Jan. 6 archive snapshot dated 2026-09-25 unless otherwise indicated.